John Merrick built homes adjoining Meetinghouse
Square for two daughters.

The Pleasants House, built in 1788 at 14 Meetinghouse Square,
stands to the right of the Burges-Lippincott House. A two-story
stone structure, it bears a date stone high in the gable. Interior
features include a walk-in fireplace and stone dry sink.

The Hough House, next down Old Tyburn Road, was started circa
1768. The larger section was added in about 1783, when
the daughter married Jessie Hough, a tanner.